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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01
FROM LIFE TO DEATH

is but moment if rheumatism or neural
gia strikes the heart. These diseases are
the most painful and the most dangerous
of any to which human kind is liable.
They fly from one part 10 another without
moments warning, and liniments and
other outward applications are in them
selves dangerous because they are liable TO
drive the disease to some vital organ and
cause instant death. Rheumatism and
neuralgia are diseases Of the blood, and can
only be reached by remedy which will
drive from the blood the dangerous acids.
Such a remedy is Athlophoros. 1t has been
thoroughly tested and is a safe, sure cure.
J. NJ. Powell, clerk for f. p. Ierkin,
druggist, Paris, H., says Coming from
Chicago was suddenly stricken with acute
rheumatism. 1t spread all through me so
rapidly that in few hours was entirely
helpless. We were obliged to stop Oft
and made every effort to get something
that would relieve me from this agony. |
had to be carried oil the train. No words
could describe the pain endured for the
next five days. Finally u gentleman ad-
vised me to get bottle Of Athlophoros,
and I at once commenced using II. Al
though it may seem very improbable
circumstance, yet is nevertheless a fact,
after | had taken five or six doses ! had
complete relief, and we continued on our
journey. Since that time my father, who
had been more or less sufferer from
rheumatism for six years, has also used
Athlophoros with the same satisfactory
results.
Chicago, H., July %, 1885
With pleasure inform you there has
been no return of the disease-cure perfect.
Yours gratefully, Rev. G. HARTLEY.
Every druggist should keep Athlophoros
and Athlophoros Pills. but " here they cam
not be bought of the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co., ~ Wall ST., New York, will
send either Carriage paid) on receipt Of
regular price, which is $l.o0 per bottle
for Athlophoros and soc for Pills
For liver and kidney diseases, dyspepsia, in
digestion. weakness nervous debility, diseases
of women, constipation, headache, impure
blood. &c, Athlophoros itlis are unelualed. q
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01

A prevailing custom is the exclusion of sun
light from dwellings. In summer, especially,
houses are kept dark that they may be kept
cool oul ,nere are people who ut all seasons
ares fearful of fading their carpets and up
holst.ry t',at they are jealous Of every ray
that is admitted. Not only does the body
but mud need inlight. A southern ex-
posture is always preferable to n northern one
beca, - Of Is sunshine. a room into which
the sunlight may be admitted 10 conducive to
healtl, and spirits. Cheerful real surround
ings indirectly affect imaginary ones.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01

think that we have here seven human lays
But even centuries before the era Of modern
science Augustine died 430 A. d. main
tanned that these days were periods Of in
definite duration. AS we have Seen that
the eye and hand of God are mentioned,
why should we be surprised that God should
be spoken Of as creating the world in a
week? although We may well believe that a
divine week is infinitely longer than hui
man. On the seventh day, or the present
period OF our history he is represented as
resting The emphasis is not on the dura-
ton of time, but on the sevenfold division,
OF which he claims one part-the seventh
day. While our week, consisting OF days OF
twenty -four hours, is patterned after his,
as we are created in the image Of God, yet
we should not think that his week is of the
same length as ours FPS. Xxi, 4; Peter
iii, s., any moro than we should that no is
like one Of ourselves. ,...,.
The Seventh Day of Rest and Worship
", 3).-Two elements are recognized in set
ting apart the seventh day mot yet called
the Snbbath--Ex. xvi, 23-l 1t is day
of rest from toll; 2 1t Is sanctiied-that is,
it is set apart from ordinary and common
usagcs to n sacred purpose. There is now no
difficulty in theory in getting men to OBJ
serve the Sabbath as day Of rest from Ia
Dor, but there is growing tendency to for
get that God sanctitied it to be employed
in his service. Men do not realize that in
proportion as they break down the sacred
ness of the day, in the plea that they make
for the poor to enjoy holiday of rest and
recreation, that they are opening tho flood
gates for robbing them of it as n day OF
rest, as is so often seen on the continent. III
man $ degenerate thought IT is in danger OF
becoming holiday. In Gods purpose it is
a holy day.-Sunday School World
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01
THE OLD AND TIE NEW.

DEFENDERS sun Il low; the year is old;
Through fallen leaves and flying flakes OF snow
The aged pilgrim climbs the mountain cold.
But look! the submits in the afterglow!
The fierce winds hold their breath: the rocks give
way:
The stars look down to guide her up the height;
And all around her lonely footsteps play
Auroral waves of spiritual light. H,
Nothing before her but the peak, the sky'
Nothings An, look beyond is everythingl
Over these mountains greener valleys lie;
A happier New Year, an eternal Spring
- ~. Lucy Larcom
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01
TIE OLD AND NEW YEAR.
Az the midnigfs hour drew nigh, the Old

As the midnight hour drew nigh, the Old
Year stood before me Weary and wayworn
he seemed, and in his hands was an hour
glass, whence the last sands were falling. As
looked upon his wrinkled forehead memories
both pleasant and mournful came over me.
Ispokc earnestly to him:
"Many blessings hast thou brought me, for
which l gave thee thanks, New have they
been every morning, and fresh every morn
ing Thou hast indeed from my hearts gar
den uprooted some homes | planted there.
With their clustering buds they fell and
were never quckencd again"
praise God for what / gave and what
took away" he said, "aud lay up treasures in
heaven, that thy heart may be there also.
What thou callest blighted hopes are ofttimcs
changed into the fruits of rigAt2Ou ness
But | answered: Thou hast also hidden
from my sight the loved and the loving.
Clods are strewn upon their faces; they reply
to my call no more. TO the homes they made
fair they return not, aud the places that once
knew them know them no more forever"
Still he said: "Gve praise TO God. Your
lost are with him. They have preceded You.
None can drift beyond his love and care
Then his voice grew faint, and he murmured,
SHY mission unto man is done. For me the
stone is rolled away from tho door Of the
sepulcher. | will enter in and slumber with
all the years of the past forever
And he straightened himself ont to lie. As
/ knelt by his side | said, "Oh, dying year,
dear, dying year, see a scroll beneath thy
mantle What witness shall it bear of me
when Time for me is donei"
Low and solemn was his voice: Thou
shalt know when the book of the universe is
opened"
The midnight clock He'd, and covered my
face and mourned for his death, for he had
once been my friend. remembered with pain
how often l had sighted his warnings, neg
kcted the golden opportunities OF growth lie
had given me, and cast away the precious
hours he had been 50 generous with, and
buried my face and wept, When | again
lifted my head, 10! the New Year stood in the
place of the Old.
Smiling, he greeted me with good wishes
and words of cheer. But was afraid; for to
me he was stranger; and when would have
returned his welcome my lips trembled and
were silent.
Then he said: "Fear not. | come from
the great source of all good, whence come all
good gifts.
Trembling, asked: "Ncw Year, whittier
wilt tho cad met Art thou appointed to
bring mt 10Y or sorrow, life or deathi'
Looking with glowing eyes into the I'M
trodden future, he replied: 81 know not.
Neither doth the angel nearest the throne
know only He who stitch thereon. Give
me your hand and question not, Enough for
thee, that | accomplish His will | promise
thee nothing. Follow me and be content.
Take, with Il prayer for wisdom, this winged
moment The next may not be mine to give
yet if we walk onward together, forget not
hat AMI nil, f,,,..
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01
HEALTH PROBLEMS.
IN Case Of AcCidents-A New Treatment
in Consumption.

A new method for the treatment OF con-
sumption is now attracting the attention OF
medical men. Remedies are injected directly
into the lungs by means Of hypodermic
syringe, the needle of which is passed through
the wall Of the chest in order to introduce
the medicine as nearly rs possible to the
affected part of the lungs. Carbolized iodine
thus introduced has acted the most favorably,
causing cessation of cough and expectoration,
and arresting the further spreading Of the
disease.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01
ON NEW YEARS MORN.

A boat sailed out on the ebbing tide.
To toll all night for fish in the sea;
The sails were set as she iloated free
And tossed the foamins waves aside;
And the fisherman said as he sailed away,
II come not back till the break Of day"
The wind arose and the sea WAS wild,
And the angry waves obeyed the gale;
The fisherman thought as he furled the sail,
or a cottage home, of wife and child
Aud he said as he toed, God, pray,
Thou wilt keep me safe till the break Of day."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01
That great mystery of Time, were there no

That great mystery of Time, were there no
other, tho illimitable, silent, never resting
thing called Time, rolling, rushing on, swift,
silent like an all embracing ocean tide, on
which we and all the universe swim like ex-
halations, like apparitions which are, and
then are not; this is forever very literally a
miracle-a thing tc strike us dumb-for we
have no word to speak about t.-Carlyle.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01
OLD WEATHER PREDICTIONS.

If New Years eve night wind blow south
II hctolieneth warmth and growth;
If west, much milk and fish in the sea;
If north, much cold and storms there Will be;
If east, the trees win bear much fruit;
Ii northeast, flee it, man and brute.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

Standard Works of History.
Biography, Poetry and Juvenile
Books. &c, at less than One-half
publishers advertised prices.
All books are perfect and no
trash.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01
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'I.tiU ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. -
7 ! ! / ! | !

The infant at the blackboard rubbing off
the old record is one of us, for we are all
children and always viii be in wisdom. The
idea is rot bad one EXpunge the oh
record and begin again The future is al
ways better than the past.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01

take the liberty Of asking you question,
which puzzles me a good deal, and about
which | am undecided in my own mind. |
own a pew in n church that attend, and am
in the habit of taking young lady friend to
church in the evening. The pew she usually
occupies belongs to an aunt | have been in
the habit of taking her TO my own pew.
Now, will you please inform me whether ] am
committing n breach of etiquette in doing so
IL take Il lady TO ride, / take her in my con
yeyance Ii take her to the theatre | pro
vide the seats. Now, why should she not sit
in my pew when I escort her to church,
f..... ESCORT.
This is theologico social question, with a
remarkably delicate shade of difference be
tween the two methods Of action. The arGu-
ment used as indicating the main pew as the
proper place for sitting would at first sight
seem conclusive, but they do not prove the
case. The difference lies in this. The lady is
not supposed 70 have box at the theatre,
but she hasa pew IN the church attended, and
under the circumstances, it would seem more
fitting that escorting her 10 place ct which
she Is regular attendant, the man should sit
with her in her own pew. But let Escort
not despond. Now, the preference in these
little matters goes all with the lady. In the
sweet by and bye, be will probably lead her
TO her own Pew by right, and where he VII
sit at one end AMI she at the other
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01

Like wind flies Time tween birth and death;
Therefore, as Ion; as thou hast breath
OF care for two days h,ll thou free
The day that was and is to he,
Omar khayyam.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01

0 Time! the heau;ller Of the dead,
Adorner of the ruin. comforter
And only healer when the heart hath bled--
Time the corrector wnere our Judgments err.
The test Of truth, love sole philosopher,
For all beside are sophists from thy thrift,
Which never loses though 1t doth defer
Time, the aveuger unto thee lift
My hands. and eyes, and heart, and crave Of the<
gift
-Byrop-Chide Harold.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01

Write it on your heart that every day IL
the best day in the year. No man has learned
anything rightly until he knows that every
day is dooHsday.-Emerson.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01


Creation Finished Gen. il, The
seventh day is Of such Importance that it Is
specially introduced by the emphatic state
ment that God had finished his creative
woIk. Although chief attention has been
given in the first chapter Of Genesis to an
account OF the creation of the earth as the
abode OF man aud is the theater of human
history, yet all other planetary sytems,
which have already been indicated in Gen.
/, l-l6, are included in the words, And
all the host of them, since the word host, /"
which literally signifies an army, Is not only
applied most commonly - the hos; Of
angels. but also to the stars by some that
mention OF the creation vi sun and moon
and the host Of heaven is le,clsd against
the alteration of these boli',, which was
50 prevalent among some OF the nations of
antiquity.
Length OF the Divine Week iv. EFT Is
a question which has been much discussed
as 20 the length Of the divine "ccA. Some
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-10
Cabinet Rumors.

Washington is now quite full of rumors
relative to the successor of Secretary Lamar,
who, it is understood, will take the vacant
place on the Supreme Bench about Dec. l.
The impression appears to be pretty strong
that Postmaster General Villas will become
the head of the Interior Department, and
that Hon. Don M. Dickinson, Michigan
politician and lawyer, will be made Post
master General.
The reasons given for transferring Mr.
Villas to the Interior Department are rather
interesting. They are, in the main, that the
President, if he is to be re-nominated, would
like to have Mr.. Villas nominated for Vice
President. He thinks that there should
be an ex-soldier on the ticket, and
has selected Mr. Villas as the most available
one for the position. Mr.. Villas was a very
good soldier, but not a remarkable
one. He appears to have made himself very
popular with the President, who evidently
intends TO do all he can to advance his polit-
ical fortunes. 1t might be asked why he
cannot be nominated for Vice President
while filling the Office of Postmaster Cen
eral, as we'll as if he were Secretary Of the
Interior The reason given is that the Post
Office Department has about 1,0OO,00 en-
ployes, and it wouldn't look well for a
Cabinet officer, having so many govern
ment employees under his control, to seek
an Office to which his employees would feel
| under obligations to assist him.
Mr.. Dickson, spoken of as the successor of
Mr.. Villas in the Post Office Department, is
about Al years of age. From the frequency
of his visits to the White House and the
number of appointments it is alleged he has
| controlled it is safe to to assume that he is a
shrewd politician. He seems to have been
heard of outside OF his own State only since
MIR. Cleveland's election.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-10
BRIGHT BITS.

WHATS the matter with the baby, John7"
Dunno, Marian: but think it must be the
yeller fever. ~ Washington Critic.
'IKEy'' said Oliver Sweat to his only son. at
dinner the other day, what have you In the
shape of pie"
"Pe plates" promptly responded key
Stoughton Sentinel
PHILADELPHIA MAN-Do you mean to say your
street cars are not heated in winter?
Omaha Man-Not at all.
What in creation do you do to keep warn?"
Talk politics. Exchange.
In olden times the sound of brass, it was
thought, had power to put spirits to flight.
Well, it has now. We have often seen a proud
spirit take tumble when brass band was
playing in the neighborhood YonkerS States
man.
DON'T be a clam, my son; but if an old friend
comes to you and asks for the loan of IS until
Saturday night, just close your shell for repairs
1t may look rude but under some circumstances
il is better TO leave than to be left.-Burttngton
Free Press.
SoUTHERNER lin Glasgow, to friend)-By the
way, do you know McScrew?
Northerner-Ken McScrew2 90, fnel A
grand man, McScrew Keeps the Sawbath-an'
everything else he can lay his hands on!-Lon-
don Punch.
MABEL, have something to say that think
will astonish you,'
What is it,
81 am going away"
OD, marry 1Ou are always getting up
some nice surprise for me. "-8iercfGnt fraU-
eteT,
THERE is an uncanny sort of a man in Mis-
souri,, who claims that he can tell what a woman
is thinking about by the way she winks. We
have seen this thing successfully tried in the
case of man, but, curiously enough, every
mothers son of them was thinking about the
same thing. Huntington Free Press.
OMAHA DAME Ito applicant for domestic SER
vice)-You do not look very strong.
Applicant-lndeed | am mann. The last
woman worked for said she believed 1 walked
ten miles every morning.
Walked ten miles every morningr Why,
what were you doing?"
Getting breakfast, mum. Omaha World.
LOOK HERE, my friend, =" said a weIl-dressed
man to Washington policeman last Sunday,
II want drink very badly. Can't you help me
out?"
II can, sor," rejoined the guardian of the
peace who was of Hibernian extraction.
"Ab, thanks. Here's something for you, by
the way. Where did you say could get a little
drink
Right around the corner to your lift, sor;
yezel foind poomp an dipper. t-Erchan9e.
WHAT favorf" inquired the waiter of the ice
cream saloon, as the bridal couple sat down in
beauty.
whats yourn, MariY'' the bridegroom asked;
mines plain verneller.
"Vernelleri" said the bride, with little touch
of nasal asperity in her tones. "Reub, / don't
somehow spose you'll euer get reel refined
some varneel flavor for me, young man, with
jist a spoonful Of strawb on the side. Puck.
EASTERN FINANcIER-Yes, sir; greatest scheme
yet. We are going to organize new telegraph
company in opposition to Jay Gould Want to
join?
Omaha Captalist-Jay Gould is going to
Europe hear
yes"
''Will he stay there?"
"Oh, no. He'll back in few MONTHS
HE willF'
Yes"
well, I'll buy stock in your new company if
you'll agree to take the poles and wires in at
night. Omaha World
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-10
A MalinRerar.
From the Manchester Guardian

From the Manchester GtLdrdidn.
"Malingering," or the imitation of disease or
disability for the purpose of evadng work or
obtaining money, is a not uncommon form of
roguery. Sometimes the deception is so clever
as to be very difficult of detection, but usually
1t may be hoped. the resources of modern
science are sufficient to battle the malingerer
At Metz short time ago there happened Que of
those accidents which are said to occur occa-
sionally even in the best regulated workshops
Zimmerman, whilst forging, let the tool slip
from his grasp, and it struck his assistant near
the left eye The injury was of course duly at
tended to, and in few days the doctors de-
clared the man to be completely cured. The
man. however, would not admit the correctness
of their statement, but insisted that he had lost
the power to see with the injured eye Special
lists examined him and declared that the organ
of sight was uninjured, but the man steadily
maintained that they were wrong. Various
experiments were tried without decisive re
suits. Finally. one of the experts, basing him
self upon NJ. Chevreul's Investigations as TO the
laws of the contrast of colors, made a fresh
trial. After writing some words in green ink
upon black screen, he placed ON the nose of
the malingerer pair of spectacles having a
red glass for the right eye and a white glass for
the left eye.
Now read what have written" said the
doctor, and without the least difficulty the man
read the words.
Ibid you read that with your right eyer" was
the next question. Certainly; for l cannot
see with the left eye at all. you are mis-
taken; you have read this with the left eve.
You cannot have read green characters upon a
black ground because Of the red glass, for red is
complementary color of green, and the let
tiers are lost and effaced in the black ground of
the screen. 1t is therefore with the left eye and
through the white glass only that you have
read what have wrote" When the case came
before the tribunal the reasoning of the special
list was approved and the malingerer was
defeated in his endeavor to obtain compensa-
| ton for the imaginary loss of sight in an eye
with which he could still read.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-10
Civil Sarvica Tests.

The Civil Service Commissioners have
found that their system of examinations
for promotion in the departments answers
so well in the War Department, where they
have given it pretty thorough test, that
they have determined to put it in force in
the Treasury Department. OF course 1t
will be much more difficult to adapt ii TO tine
Treasury than it was to the War Depart
ment, for the reason that there are about
ten times as many employees in the former
department, who are subject TO the jurisdic-
tion of the Civil Service Commissioners, as
there is in the latter
The examining Of employees for promotion
greatly increases the duties of the commits
sioners and their assistants. The EN-
poyes in the Treasury Department,
for instance, are divided into quite
number of grades, and not only will
different questions have to be prepared for
each grade, but they will have to be
changed for each examination. 1t is not
possible to keep the nature of the questions
a secret, and If the questions were not
changed all the employees would soon be-
come familiar with them, and the conss-
quence would be that the INSCRIPTIONS and
good-for-nothing ones would pass the best
examinations and stand the best chance for
promotion.
There is some ground for saying that the
questions provided by the Civil Service
Commission, whether for appointment or
promotion, are not calculated to discover
the fitness of the applicant for the place he
seeks. They do nothing more than show how
much of what he learned in his school
days he remembers A man or a woman
may be well posted in grammar, geography
and arithmetic and yet have no special fitness
for the performance of the duties of any
position in the civil service The examina-
tons, particularly for promotion. should
have strong bearing upon the duties of the
position that is sought.
1t seems that the Secretary of the Treas
ury inaugurated system of examinations
for promotion several months ago. The
public, however has known nothing about
the matter, and it may be would have
known nothing of it but for the movement
to apply these tests for promotion to the
Treasury Department.
In view of the lack of judgment in admin
istering the civil service law, and also the
great difficulties in the way of civil service
reform, it will be rather remarkable if sue
cess finally attends the efforts to place the
reform upon firm basis